Why We Cancelled Netflix

I cancelled our Netflix subscription today.  We've found over the past year or so that we just don't use it that often.  As much as we used to love movies, we rarely go to the theater anymore because even a matinee runs us like a bajillion dollars.  So, we restrict our movie-going to the big pics that one must see on the big screen.  Like the Harry Potter finale.  Or the upcoming Hunger Games (March!  Can't wait!).

We realized that we were basically wasting money by not fully taking advantage of Netflix, so over the past few months I've revived our account, keeping a long list of pseudo-interesting movies in our queue, and making an effort to pop movies in on Friday nights or whatever. 

In theory, Netflix is a great idea.  It's a good use of resources; it's an effective, efficient business.  We've never had any problems and I like their online streaming.  What we've found, though, is that we just don't like movies anymore.  We only average 5 minutes per movie before we turn it off.  At the risk of sounding like a Southern Baptist 95-year-old woman, I just have to say that everything is base, lame, vulgar - or all three.  Everything is about S-E-C-K-S (as G's family would say) - dramas, comedies, it doesn't matter.  Even movies that seem clean and cute in the previews turn out to be nothing more than people gyrating about, bumping and grinding from the moment the opening credits subside.

I'm not an overly conservative person, but I've found that most movies these days are pointless, or plotless, or consist mainly of good-looking people smiling and..well, just looking good I guess...for 2+ hours.  And we just don't have 2+ hours to spare anymore.  G and I often lament to each other that there's not enough time in the day (week, year) to read all the things we want.  I consider this a small gift to us - a gift of time, at least a couple of hours each week.